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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the group do when they reached Bagdad?
(a) They all went to Russia.
(b) They all decided to go to Egypt.
(c) They resumed their trip toward the Persian Gulf.
(d) After staying a month, they all went in different directions.

2. What are Skirlov and Gurdjieff invited to visit by the man they meet in Afridis who speaks Greek with Gurdjieff?
(a) a secret school for whirling dervishes
(b) a monastery run by the World Brotherhood deep in Asia
(c) the isle of Patmos where St. John had a revelation
(d) an old Armenian shrine

3. How did Gurdjieff meet Abram Yelov?
(a) Yelov came to Gurdjieff's aid during a fight.
(b) Yelov traded books and Gurdjieff bought books from him
(c) Yelov was the friend of a friend.
(d) Yelov was living in the same inn that Gurdjieff lived in

4. What is one of the conclusions Gurdjieff came to which he shares with the reader at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) he liked living in Kars the best
(b) no one in Europe knows or has any idea about Asia
(c) Europians are superior to Asians
(d) none of his many friends have the answers to his questions

5. What caused Yelov to lose his wealth as a book and stationery store owner?
(a) He lost everything through gambling
(b) He became ill and couldn't run his business.
(c) the Russian Revolution swept his riches away.
(d) A false friend swindled him.

6. How does Skirdlov describe himself as he sits on mountaintop at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) as a devote mystic
(b) as an hysterical woman
(c) as a puny mortal
(d) as a kind of God

7. How was Yelov considered by his family?
(a) as the favorite son
(b) as the best-educated in the family
(c) as the baby of the family
(d) as the black sheep

8. What did Yelov have a great talent for?
(a) learning languages
(b) doing magic tricks
(c) making speeches
(d) writing poetry

9. What did Gurdjieff and Yelov have in common?
(a) an interest in books and philosophical questions
(b) an interest in medicine
(c) an interest in women
(d) an interest in becoming wealthy

10. Why did Gurdjieff stay in Ekim Bey's house?
(a) He was working as tutor to Ekim's younger brother.
(b) He was visiting because he was a friend of the family
(c) He was a servant in the Bey household.
(d) He had become ill after diving for Bey's father's chaplet

11. What school was Ekim Bey attending when Gurdjieff met him?
(a) a school for whirlling dervishes in Turkey
(b) a school of higher eduction in Russia
(c) a military school in Germany
(d) a cathedral choir school in Kars

12. How did Yelov view his mother?
(a) He feared her hot temper.
(b) He cherished very tender feelings for her.
(c) He was indifferent toward her.
(d) He blamed her for his later failures.

13. How did Gurdjieff meet Professor Skridlov?
(a) He studied under him in Kars.
(b) He worked for him in Armenia.
(c) He studied under him in Alexandropol.
(d) He became his guide in Egypt.

14. What were Yelov and Pogossian forever doing to each other?
(a) challenging each other's knowledge of literature
(b) having continual fist fights
(c) forever exchanging faux insults and barbs in fun
(d) having eating contests

15. Where do Gurdjieff and Ekim Bey first meet?
(a) In Egypt
(b) In Constantinople
(c) n Kars
(d) in Alexandropol

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon Yelov's suggestion what scheme did Gurdjieff devise for making a lot of money?

2. What finally brought Gurdjieff and Karpenko together?

3. What is Vitvitskaia's story?

4. What did the Seekers of Truth do at the end of the summer that Gurdjieff spent in Alexandropol?

5. Who is Philos?

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